The Influence of Context on Health Education: Observations, Conclusions and Recommendations

Title
The Influence of Context on Health Education: Observations, Conclusions and Recommendations
Publication Date
2012
Author(s)
Taylor, Neil
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8438-319X
Email: ntaylor6@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:ntaylor6
Quinn, Frances
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3144-3416
Email: fquinn@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:fquinn
Littledyke, Michael
Coll, Richard K
Editor
Editor(s): Neil Taylor, Frances Quinn, Michael Littledyke, Richard K Coll
Type of document
Book Chapter
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Sense Publishers
Place of publication
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Edition
1
Series
Health Education in Context
UNE publication id
une:10639
Abstract
This book follows two previous publications put out by Sense Publishers - Science Education in Context and Environmental Education in Context, each of which offered ideas and viewpoints from authors in mainly non-Western countries. Given our interests and experience, it was perhaps a logical progression for us to conceptualize a book about health education and to again focus largely on non-Western contexts. Three of us have been involved in teaching health education and three of us have lived and worked in non-Western countries and experienced a range of health systems and health education regimes at first hand. All of us have a background in science and environmental education. Certainly, the links between the three aspects of education, that is, science, the environment, and health, are strong. Science underpins many aspects of health and health education, and the state of the environment can have a marked effect on the health of individuals and communities. For example, air and water quality are crucial environmental factors that can significantly affect respiratory and digestive health respectively. Furthermore, health education, like environmental education, is concerned, to a large extent, with behavioral change. As such, it lends itself to action orientation. It can be argued that health education, again like environmental education, is a government, community, and individual responsibility. But key to effecting change and improving health is an informed citizenry.
Link
Citation
Health Education in Context: An International Perspective on Health Education in Schools and Local Communities, p. 261-270
ISBN
9789460918742
9789460918766
9789460918759
Start page
261
End page
270

Files:

NameSizeformatDescriptionLink